Constitution
The process by which the Supreme Court applied certain provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
What is selective incorporation?
Case connected to the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. It involved Amish parents
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What is Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)?
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) is a case involving college admissions favoring minority students to remedy past discrimination. What is the policy of favoring minority groups to remedy past discrimination?
What is affirmative action?
The process by which individuals acquire their political beliefs and attitudes is known as:
What is political socialization?
The process of redrawing congressional district boundaries to favor one political party over another is known as
What is a gerrymandering?
This amendment was the main constitutional site which prohibits any form of discrimination on the basis of race, disability, or sexual orientation
What is the 14th amendment's Equal protection clause?
Case connected to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. It dealt with the issue of school-sponsored prayer in public schools
What is Engel v. Vitale (1962)?
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
What is the main function of interest groups in the political process?
What is to elect candidates they support to office?
The power of the Supreme Court to review laws and possibly declare some unconstitutional
What is Judicial Review?
This case found support for the right in the 9th Amendment, unenumerated rights such as privacy
What is Roe v. Wade (1973)?
These two clauses in the First Amendment make up what is generally understood as Americans' "freedom of religion."
What are free exercise and establishment clauses?
What is the significance of Marbury v. Madison (1803) in the development of American constitutional law?
What is to establish the concept of judicial review?
This Amendment allowed the US government to issue an income tax.
What is the 16th Amendment?
Landmark case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
What is U.S. v. Lopez (1995)?
A government agency files a lawsuit to stop a news article that reveals classified information about national security from being published
What is prior restraint?
The power of Congress to investigate matters of national concern and oversee the executive branch is known as
What is oversight?
The power of the President to negotiate treaties with foreign governments is subject to approval by which proportion of the Senate?
What is 2/3?
The President of the United States has the power to appoint federal judges with the approval of which branch of the legislature?
What is the Senate?
In the Tinker v. Des Moines case, the court found that student freedom of speech at school is unlimited. True or false?
What is FALSE
Case dealing with freedom of speech in the context of wartime speech. The case centered around the conviction of a man who distributed pamphlets urging resistance to the draft during World War I.
What is Schenck v. United States (1919)?
The principle of stare decisis refers to:
What is judicial restraint?
Party leaders and elected officials who automatically become delegates to the national convention.
What are superdelegates?